the northern part of the state is right outside of washington d.c. talking about fairfax county, a lot of government workers that live in this area, a lot of younger affluent more demo graphically part of the state. virginia beach and norfolk, the largest navy base, a lot of mill. a lot of african-americans that live in this part. richmond has a large african- american population and in the western part of the state, out here in the appalachian mountains, a lot more rural and a lot of white conservative part, bible part of virginia. that's the dynamic voters. last time president obama won virginia, the first time a democrat has captured virginia since 1954. beat john mccain. he is hoping for a repeat performance. 64% white and 19 percent african-american in virginia. and a fairly significant hispanic population. in virginia the unemployment rate is 5.9%. a lot of government workers and one of the thing that mitt romney is talking about is reducing the size of government. that could put a lot of the workers out of jobs. that might be considered when t